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A Final paper
Sociolinguistics
By
May 2010
Chapter 1
Theoretical Background
Research Data
Twelve posts of jejemon phrases in different Facebook accounts
are used as the corpus of the study.
Research Procedure
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Phonological Substitution
Phonological substitution which is the use of graphemes to
represent similar sounding letter/s is also noticeable in the data.
This feature is similar to clipping and novel spelling. In order to
save time, Facebook users minimize the usage of excessive use of
words by simply substituting the words that can be represented by a
single sound symbol.
E.g.
1. psenxa na ha !! qng maxadong OVER an JEJEMON !!.. TAMAAA ! c kua
LUCKY...
2. xkul,,den s outside n,,eh care nio jejemon na an gagamitin qchu
3. "dont lyk pipol hu r very: PLASTIKS, pa EPAL, LIARS and anything
na mga BAD ATTITUDE
Emoticon
Emoticon is used to convey one’s feelings with the use of non-
words or symbols. This was not frequently used in the data. Since
facebook users cannot talk face-to-face on the internet, using
emoticons or special symbols to describe one’s feeling and facial
expression is essential and preferred for expressing the
communication and the mood of the participant. For this case, :P was
used to tease and :) , to express a happy mood.
E.g.
11 maluluxaw nua laat nan mena anti-jejemon/jejebuster !!hmp!!WTF
!!:P
2. i pRoTeCT my fRieNdS...aNd pRoTeCt YoUrs :)
Formulaic Expresssions
Formulaic Expressions occur when function words are dropped to
give more importance to content words. In this study, there were no
observable occurrences of formulaic expression that took place.
Ellipsis
Ellipsis is the repetitive use of period. This feature is the
most used in the data. Hacker(2003)as cited in Raclaw(2006) in his
study on Ellipsis as a Discourse Marker in Computer-Mediated
Communication, pointed out that speakers made use of the ellipsis in
ways that went beyond its traditional uses within writing: to
indicate deleted material, to mark hesitation, or to suggest
unfinished thoughts. Ellipsis is also used as a conjoining marker
and as a pragmatic marker to separate textual play (Raclaw, 2006) as
in the case of this study.
E.g.
1. YoU MuZ ReMEmBeR eVeRYtHinGs hAs a reasons ... DoNt ! DArE
mE COz YoU DoNt knOw wHaT CaN I dO
2. it'S harD 2 piCk uP d piEceS oF my liFe…. veRy comPlicaTed
... buT noT noW..
4. mild jejemon lharn aman an gmit qchu !!...kk??
JEJENESE
The language of the Jejemons, called Jejenese, is derived
from English, Filipino and their code-switched variant Taglish.
Their alphabet, Jejebet, uses the Roman alphabet, including
the Arabic numerals and other special characters. Words are created
by re-arranging letters in a word, alternating capitalization, over-
usage of the letters and mixture of numeric characters and our Roman
alphabet (wikipedia.com)
The data consisted of words that do not follow the conventional
style of writing. The following are the observed characteristics of
jejenese:
1. Insertion of unnecessary numbers and letters
It was observed all through out the corpus that jejemons
inserted unnecessary numbers and letters in writing their
posts. These insertions made the words very complicated and no
explicit pattern as to the definite position of inserted
numbers and letters.
a. phfue or p0w ‘po’
b. aqchu or aq0uh ‘ako’
c. mHEii ‘me’
b. eHyUoeW fPuoEh
..qCkEimUsXztUaHqCkeYuOeh????
4. Numbers to substitute letters
a. bzt4h ‘basta’
b. aj3j3j3 . ‘ajejeje’
c. g34hin ‘gayahin’
8. Substitution of spelling
a. maq ‘mag’
b. qumaqayhat ‘gumagaya’
c. waq ‘wag’
Summary of Findings
Conclusion
However, there are many like the English teachers, who believe
that indulging in jejemonism impairs the youth’s language skills,
especially when used repeatedly in extensive amounts.
Recommendation
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Biado.E. The jejemon phenomenon. Retrieved May 25, 2010 from Manila
Standard Website.
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideLifestyle.htm?
f=2010/april/30/lifestyle4.isx&d=2010/april/30